Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

bǽl-blǽse

(n.)
Grammar
bǽl-blǽse, an; f.

Blaze of a flameflammæ candor vel ardor

Entry preview:

Blaze of a flame; flammæ candor vel ardor, Exon. 42b; Th. 142, 22; Gú. 648

Linked entry: blæse

salu-pád

(adj.)
Grammar
salu-pád, adj.

Dark-coated

Entry preview:

Dark-coated Ða sind blace swíde, swearte, salopáde, Exon. Th. 439, i; Rä. 58, 3

wyrm-geard

(n.)
Grammar
wyrm-geard, es; m.
Entry preview:

An enclosure full of snakes Wyrmgeardas, atol deór monig,... blace nædran, Salm. Kmbl. 940; Sal. 469

Linked entry: wyrm-sele

leahtrung

(n.)
Grammar
leahtrung, e; f.

Accusationblamedetraction

Entry preview:

Accusation, blame, detraction Lehtrung derogatio, Ælfc. Gl. 61; Som. 68, 44; Wrt. Voc. 39, 28

wann-feax

(adj.)
Grammar
wann-feax, adj.
Entry preview:

Dark-haired, with raven-black tresses Wonfeax wale, Exon. Th. 393, 30; Rä. 13, 8

Linked entry: wan-feax

fír

(n.)
Grammar
fír, es; n.

Fireignis

Entry preview:

Fire; ignis Þurh ðæs fíres fnæst through the fire's blast, Exon. 74a; Th. 277, 29; Jul. 588

Linked entry: fier

blysian

(v.)

to burnblaze

Entry preview:

to burn, blaze Fýr blysede beforan his ansýne ignis a facie ejus exarsit, Ps. Th. 17, 8

Linked entry: bǽl-blys

hilde-bil

(n.)
Grammar
hilde-bil, -bill; es; n.

Battle-blade, sword,

Entry preview:

Battle-blade, sword, Beo. Th. 3337; B. 1666: 1118; B. 557: 3044; B. 1520: 5351; B. 2679

bláwung

inflation

Entry preview:

Similar entries v. bláwan, I. 1 Ðǽra winda naman and bláwunge (-a, v. l.) wé mihton secgan, Lch. iii. 276, 2. blowing of a trumpet. Similar entries v. bláwan, II. 2 Hwæt is se hreám búton ðǽra engla bláwung?, Hml. Th. ii. 568, 21.

tó-þindan

Entry preview:

Add Ælces mannes miht þe on módignysse færð is þám gelíc swilce man siwige áne bytte, and bláwe hí fulle windes, and wyrce siððan án þýrl þonne heó tóþunden bið on hire greátnysse, þonne tógǽð seó miht, Hml.

hræfn

(n.)
Grammar
hræfn, es; m.

A raven

Entry preview:

Hrefn blaca, 3606; B. 1801. Se swearta hrefn, Soul Kmbl. 108; >Seel. 54.

Linked entries: hræm hrefn hrem hremn

sin-niht

(n.)
Grammar
sin-niht, f.
Entry preview:

Þǽr eów is hám sceapen, sweart sinnehte there is a home assigned you, black darkness, Gú. 650. Hé geseah deorc gesweorc semian sinnihte sweart under heofonum he saw dark cloud lower, black night under heaven, Gen. 109

blǽweþ

(v.)
Grammar
blǽweþ, blǽwþ

blowsthou blowest

Entry preview:

Fox 6, 15; Met. 6, 8:thou blowest; 3rd and 2nd pers. pres. of bláwan

wíg-bil

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-bil, wíg-bill, es; n.

A battle-bladea sword

Entry preview:

A battle-blade, a sword Ðæt sweord ongan æfter heaþoswáte hildegicelum, wígbil wanian, Beo. Th. 3218; B. 1607

balsam

Grammar
balsam, balzam.
Entry preview:

Balsames blǽd carpo balsamum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 72. Balzaman smiring, Lch. ii. 174, 7: 288, 12. Add

heolra

(n.)
Grammar
heolra, heolora, an; m.

The scale of a balancea balance[?]

Entry preview:

Similar entries v. helur-blæd, heoloran

Linked entry: holor

sweartness

(n.)
Grammar
sweartness, e; f.
Entry preview:

Gl. 514, 50. a black material Sweartnesse atramentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 72: 5, 31

sprýtan

(v.)
Grammar
sprýtan, sprítan (?); p. te

To sproutspring as a plant

Entry preview:

To sprout, spring as a plant Of ðam blado bealwa gehwilces sprýtan (spryttan?) ongunnon, Cd. Th. 61, 10; Gen. 995

Linked entry: a-sprýtan

ge-frédan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-frédan, ic -fréde, ðú -frédest, he -frédeþ, frét, pl. -frédaþ; p. -frédde; pp. -fréded

To feelperceiveknowbe sensible ofsentīre

Entry preview:

be black or white, Bt. 41, 4; Fox 252, 10, 11.

béme

(n.)
Grammar
béme, an; f.

A trumpettubasalpinx

Entry preview:

A trumpet; tuba, salpinx Béman bláwan to blow the trumpet Cd. 227; Th. 302, 19; Sat. 602. Béme barbita Cot. 27